1) 17 January in Puszcykowo, Wielkopolskie (Poland)
   

        Ignacy Posadzy
        cofounder, Society of Christ, Fathers to Polish Immigrants;

                founder, Missionary Sisters of Christ the King for Polish Immigrants

        born: 17 February 1898 in Szadłowice, Pomorskie (Poland)
 

        competent diocese: Poznań

        protocol number: 2350

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 23 May 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 January 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Sióstry Misjonarki Chrystusa Króla, ul. Sióstr Misjonarek 10, 61-680 Poznań 50, POLAND

                    [see also 1948: Augustyn Józef Hlond]
   

2) 21 January in Germantown, New York (USA)  
   

        Bridget Teresa McCrOry (Mary Angeline Teresa)
        founder, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm
        born: 21 January 1893 in Mountjoy, Tyrone, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
 

        competent diocese: Albany

        protocol number: 1676

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 01 June 1989

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 1992

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, 600 Woods Road, Germantown, NY 12526, USA

3) 12 February in Vienna (Austria)

        JOHANNES MESSNER

        priest of the diocese of Innsbruck       

        born: 16 February 1891 in Schwaz, Tirol (Austria)

        competent diocese: Vienna

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Johannes-Messner-Gesellschaft, Schottenring 21, A-1010 Wien, AUSTRIA

4) 16 March in La Estrella, Antioquía (Colombia) 

   
        María Ligia Arango Siegert (María Teresa of Jesus)
        professed religious, Discalced Carmelite Nuns
        born: 20 September 1915 in Medellín, Antioquía (Colombia)   
 

        competent diocese: Medellín

        protocol number: 1993

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 20 October 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 1995

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Carmelitas Descalzas, Carr. 77s, 131-170, Ap. aéreo 54.535 de Medellín,
                            Medellín - La Estrella, Colombia
   

5) 30 March in Mérida, Yucatán (Mexico) 

   
        Carlos Rosado Contreras
        priest of the archdiocese of Yucatán
        born: 13 August 1926 in Motul, Yucatán (Mexico)
 

        competent diocese: Yucatán

        protocol number: 2166

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 10 April 1997

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Arquidiócesis de Yucatán, Calle 58ª # 501, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yuc., MEXICO

6) 10 April in Milan (Italy) 
   

        Antonio Pietro Cortinovis (Cecilio Maria from Costa Serina)
        professed religious, Franciscan Capuchins
        born: 07 November 1885 in Costa Serina, Bergamo (Italy)
 

        competent diocese: Milan

        protocol number: 1807

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 01 July 1993

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 September 1993

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 10 April 1995

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 22 March 1996

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Frati Minori Cappuccini - Provincia di Lombardia, Viale Piave 2, 20129 Milano, ITALY

                    [1859: Gaetano Antonio Vigevano (Carlo from Abbiategrasso);

                     1890: Giovanni Scalvinoni (Innocenzo from Berzo);

                     1909: Giuseppe Antonio Migliavacca (Arsenio from Trigolo);

                     1924: Felice Rossini (Daniele from Samarate);

                     2001: Enrico Beretta (Alberto from Milan)]    

7) 18 April in Cagliari (Italy)   

   
        Simona Tronci
        young layperson of the diocese of Cagliari
        born: 13 October 1960 in Cagliari (Italy)   
 

        competent diocese: Cagliari

        protocol number: 2570
        type of cause: heroic virtues

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 18 August 2003

        nihil obstat: 27 November 2003

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Comunità Primavera del Rinnovamento Carismatico Cattolico, C.P. 136, 09045 Quartu S. Elena (CA), ITALY
           

   
8) 02 May in Bologna (Italy)

        SANDRA SABATTINI

        young layperson of the diocese of Rimini;

                member, Pope John XXIII Community (n.o.)
        born: 19 August 1961 in Riccione, Rimini (Italy)

        competent diocese: Rimini

        protocol number: 2732

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 11 July 2006

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 September 2006

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: [see 1946: Alberto Marvelli]

                    Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, Via Valverde 10/C, 47900 Rimini (RN), ITALY

9) 24 May in Brescia (Italy)

   
        Vittorino Chizzolini
        layperson of the diocese of Brescia;

                consecrated member, Secular Institute of the Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ

        born: 03 January 1907 in Valsabbia, Brescia (Italy)
 

        competent diocese: Brescia

        protocol number: 2659

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 16 May 2005

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 17 June 2005

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Associazione Vittorino Chizzolini, Via Martinengo da Barco, 2, 25121 Brescia, ITALY

10) 28 June in Barcelona (Spain)

        MAGÍ MORERA FEIXAS

        professed priest, Sons of the Holy Family

        born: 16 November 1908 in Sant Mateu de Bages, Bracelona (Spain)

        competent diocese: Barcelona

        protocol number: 2579

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 27 November 2003

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 27 March 2004

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: [see 1901: Josep Manyanet Vives]

11) 20 July in Rome (Italy) 

       
        Luigi Novarese  
        priest of the diocese of Frascati;

                founder, Apostolate of the Suffering

                and Silent Workers of the Cross
        born: 29 July 1914 in Casale Monferrato, Alessandria (Italy) 
 

        competent diocese: Frascati

        protocol number: 1708

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 01 July 1994

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 December 2003

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 26 November 2004

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Centro Volontari della Sofferenza,Via dei Bresciani, 2, 00186 Roma, ITALY
                    [1963: Angiolino Bonetta;

                     1968: Fausto Gei;

                     1993: Anna Fulgida Bartolacelli]
 

12) 13 July in Seville (Spain)  
       

        María Cristina de Arteaga Falguera (María Cristina of the Cross)
        professed religious, Hieronymite Nuns
        born: 06 September 1902 in Zarauz, Guipúzcoa (Spain) 
 

        competent diocese: Sevilla

        protocol number: 2335

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 18 March 2000

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 28 May 2001

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Monjas de la Orden de San Jerónimo, C/ Sta. Paula, 11, 41003 Sevilla, SPAIN
   

   
13) 08 August in Uruapan, Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) 
   

         José Ochoa Gutierrez
         priest of the diocese of Zamora;

                founder, Missionaries of the Holy Family (n.o.)
                and Parroquial Workers of the Holy Family (n.o.) 
        born: 28 July 1909 in Chavinda, Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico)
 

        competent diocese: Zamora

        protocol number: 2107

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 12 July 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 March 1997

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Misioneros de la Sagrada Familia, Calle Licenciado Verdad, 36, 60080 Uruapan, Mich.;
                            A.P. 210, 60000 Uruapan, Mich., MEXICO
                    Operarias Parroquiales de la Sagrada Familia, Calle Pino Suárez 17 Nte., Zona Centro, A.P. 250,

                            59600 Zamora, Mich., MEXICO

14) 07 September in Rome (Italy) 
   

        Yosyf Slipyi [Йосиф Сліпий]
        metropolitan of Lviv of the Ukrainians
        born: 17 February 1892 in Zazdrist’, Ternopil’s’ka oblast’ (Ukraine) 
   

        competent eparchy: Lviv of the Ukrainians

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Postulatsia Yosyfa Slipoho, Ploscha Sviatoho Jura 5, 290000 Lviv, UKRAINE

15) 22 September in Oaxaca (Mexico)

        VINCENZO IDÀ

        priest of the diocese of Oppido-Palmi;

                founder, Missionary Sisters of the Catechism

                and Missionaries of Evangelization (n.o.) 

        born: 26 April 1909 at Gerocarne, Vibo Valentia (Italy)

        competent diocese: Oppido-Palmi

        protocol number:

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: (from the archdiocese of Antequera-Oaxaca)

        nihil obstat:

        opening of diocesan inquiry:

        closing of diocesan inquiry:

        actor: Missionarie del Catechismo, Via S. Maria Del Ruovo, 2, 89020 Anoia Superiore (RC), ITALY

                    Missionari dell'Evangelizzazione, Via 3 Novembre, 89010 Terranova Sappo Minulio (RC), ITALY

16) 01 October in Ancona (Italy)

        Dino Piccinelli (Bernardino MARIA)
        professed priest, Servites;

                auxiliary bishop of Ancona
        born: 24 January 1905 in San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Bologna (Italy) 
 

        competent diocese: Ancona-Osimo

        protocol number: 2070

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 August 1995

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 16 March 1996
        closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 October 2006

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 19 January 2008

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Provincia di Piemonte e Romagna dei Servi di Maria, Corso Garibaldi, 44, 42100 Reggio Emilia (RE), ITALY

                    [1889: Giuseppe Bedetti;

                     1937: Antonio Quadri (Venanzio Maria)]
                    Frati Servi di Maria, Via Maratta, 26, 60123 Ancona, ITALY

17) 19 October in Włocławek, Pomorskie (Poland) in odium fidei, uti fertur

  
        Jerzy Popiełuszko
        priest of the archdiocese of Warsaw
        born: 14 September 1947 in Okopy, Podlaskie (Poland)
 

        competent diocese: Warsaw

        protocol number: 2137

        type of cause: martyrdom

        nihil obstat: 15 March 1996

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 08 February 1997

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 08 February 2001

        validation of diocesan inquiry: 14 December 2001

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Kościoł Św. Stanisława Kostki, ul. Hozjusza 2, 01-565 Warszawa, POLAND
        website: http://www.popieluszko.net.pl/

18) 08 December in  Bronx, New York (USA)    

   
        Walter Ciszek
        professed priest, Jesuits
        born: 04 November 1904 in Shenadoah, Pennsylvania (USA)  
       

        competent diocese: Allentown

        protocol number: 1749

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        competentia fori: (from the archdiocese of New York)

        nihil obstat: 11 October 1990

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 1990

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 2006

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Father Walter Ciszek Prayer League, 231 N. Jardin Street, Shenandoah, PA 17976-1642, USA

19) 21 December in Fiesole, Florence (Italy) 

   
        Luisa Ferrari (Giovanna Francesca of the Holy Spirit)
        founder, Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Incarnate Word (n.o.) 
        born: 14 September 1888 in Reggio Emilia (Italy)  

        competent diocese: Fiesole
        protocol number: 1858

        type of cause: heroic virtues

        nihil obstat: 30 March 1992

        opening of diocesan inquiry: 25 March 1992

        closing of diocesan inquiry: 25 March 2006

        validation of diocesan inquiry:

        publication year of Positio:

        meeting of theological consultors:

        ordinary congregation of cardinals and bishops: 

        actor: Suore Missionarie Francescane del Verbo Incarnato, Via Belvedere 1, 50014 Fiesole, ITALY